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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816592503321

Autore

Srinivas Smriti

Titolo

A Place for Utopia : Urban Designs from South Asia / / Smriti Srinivas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2015]

©[2015]

ISBN

0-295-80612-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Global South Asia

Disciplina

307.1/2160954

Soggetti

Cities and towns - South Asia

City planning - South Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Placing Timelines; 1 Biocentric Eutopias in South Asia; 2 Ecotopias, Theosophy, and the South Indian City; 3 Utopian Settlements and Californian Vedanta; 4 Highways, Thresholds, and an Indian New Age; Conclusion: Designing and Dwelling in Place; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z